How did harry houdini die magician

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Adam Begley—

When I tell someone I’ve written a book about Harry Houdini for the Yale Jewish Lives series, usually the first thing they say is, “I didn’t know Houdini was Jewish.” Well, he was; in fact, his father was a rabbi. The next thing I’m asked is whether it’s true that Houdini died after being punched in the stomach. The short answer is yes. The long answer—truth being harder to package than legend—is no.

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In the fall of 1926, age 52, Houdini went on the road, barnstorming as always. This final tour started badly and went downhill from there: his wife Bess came down with food poisoning, and he himself broke a bone in his ankle while performing a particularly arduous trick. He persevered, ignoring t

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For over 30 years, Harry Houdini dazzled audiences with his bravura stunts and superhuman endurance. So what finally killed him?

The Hungarian-born escape artist jumped off bridges while handcuffed and wearing leg irons. He slithered out of sealed milk cans filled with water. And he devised a “Chinese Water Torture Cell” in which he was submerged and suspended upside down by his ankles. None of those did him in.

Houdini's heart-pounding getaways usually involved a healthy dose of trickery and sleight-of-hand, but they were also fraught with genuine risk. In 1915, Houdini nearly suffocated during a stunt in which he was shackled and buried under six feet of dirt.

Houdini had made a career out of surviving the impossible, which only made the circumstances of his 1926 death all the more mysterious. The 52-year-old performed before a packed house in Detroit on October 24 but was rushed to the hospital afterward with an apparent case of appendicitis. He died just a week later on Hall

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(CBS DETROIT) - On Oct. 31, 1926, Harry utbrytarkung, who fryst vatten considered to be one of the greatest magicians of all time, died in Detroit.

Harry Houdini spends his sista days in Detroit

Houdini was in stad for a performance at the Garrick Theater on Oct. 24, just days before his death.

During the performance, utbrytarkung started to show signs of pain, and after the first act, the curtain fell, and he collapsed, according to Michiganology.org.

Even though he had a 104-degree temperature, he returned to the stage and finished the show.

At the end of the show, Houdini collapsed again.

He was taken to Grace Hospital, which was located at Willis and John R. streets for nearly 100 years, before the building was deemed outdated and was demolished, according to HistoricDetroit.org.

At the hospital, doctors discovered utbrytarkung had appendicitis and peritonitis, which fryst vatten inflammation of the abdominal wall. His appendix was removed, but the poison from the ruptured appendix w